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INTER-HONG SOFTBALL

OPENS

LEAGUE SERIES

THIS AFTERNOON

By "GRANDSTAND"

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, -1861.

CRICKET IN THE BALLROOM

The Inter-Hong Softball Series opens this afternoon with Gibbs matched against China Light in the inaugural game slated for 3.30 p.m. at King's Park, at which Mr Frank Leyshon will toss the first pitch to start off the race for the San Miguel Shield.

A Council Meeting of the Hongkong Softball Association held during the week decided that the Musicians Union and Civil Service teams be requested to with. draw their entries in view of the fact that these two institutions were not considered as eligible for the Inter-Hong tournament, reserved for commercial organisations.

St Joseph's meet South China in a crucial game tomorrow at 11 am, to decide deadlock for the remaining playoff berth, the winners of this game being drawn to play against the Jaguars In the final series due to commence next week.

Midget League entèrisiarts will campaign will be decided in unv

be interested to learn that the Association has decided to #C- cept a trophy donated by Mr A. E. Ablong Jr. for a consolia - tion series on a knockout bals,

reason,

Arrangements for the Annual

game tomorrow between these Presentation Dance, which will two pennant aspirants,

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be held at the Peninsula Hotel on May 5, are in the hands of Mr Alec Braga, Mr & Mrs F. W. Hollands and Mr & Mrs Rennie Sequeira, who form the Dance Committee,

St Joseph's seem to be favour which will exclude the Dodgers,ed with their streamlined battery who have Won the League

of Jimmy Cris and Dick Perry Championship.

After strugging through a full who have carried through in the

crucial

stages of the both St Joseph's and

South China while South China have wound up

mainly on slowhaller Tsang currently holding Orst base, as a possible subzaitute for the mound assignment.

always been renowned for their

Publication of the popular season,Souvenir Programme

is being depend

Prepared, and this volume will their regular schedule tert for Wong on the rubber, with C. Mcontain the usual information

on the season's activities.

recond place in the Gold Section of the Senior League, and the Success or otherwise, of the

Henry Longhurst On GOLF

R.S.V.P.

1

whether any doubt measure in the history, of golf has been received with Buch unanimous dissent ns the present effort to re- adjust course bogeys, and with them the handicaps most golfers.

of

That doesn't necessarily make it, as the history books say, a Bad Thing. After the memor- able assurance from the Treasury bench by an Old Wykehamist that the Gentlemen from White- hall, really do know what is best for us," it may well be that the Joint Advisory Council (a body consisting

In the offence, the Saints have

heavy artillery, particularly, as Dave "Bambino" Leonard is in his hitting. form, and while South China have always de- pended on squeeze plays they are unable 562 our lug the opposition.

The fielding seems about equal in strength, the Caroliners having achieved a well-balanced and close-knit defence, while the Saints depend more on ex- perience. Rooting sections for both teams will be out in full force, and with the record crowd vised to arrive early to ensure expected -holdem are ad-

pass

a seat on the stand

Provided their full strength is available, St Joseph's mentor Art Ozorio will field Leon May feld at first. Dave Leonard and himself mound the keystone, Benny Omar at third in addi- tion to the Criss-Perry battery. The outfielders will be Show- boat

All Sherry Bucks George Souza,

und

The Caroliners are ready to representatives meet the test, having had from the four National Unions) fortnight's raspite during which know what is best for golf-even ume they have mapped their though, as harsher critics point strategy, and Coach P. K. Lau out, it is so many years since } will start with C. M. Tsang, some at them played it.

P. F. Choy, Rabbli Leung and At any rate, the question now. D. Chan in the Infield, with P. C. Wong pitching to S. C. arisen as to whether we all, weigh

Wong. in and try to make the scheme as successful as its complicated character will allow; or, with neither hard words nor ill-will, knight the President of the J.A.C., and treat 樣 all as o kind of going groundnuts without, mercifully, in this case losing the equivalent of £80 a day since the Roman occupation of Britain, First to face the question will be the English Golf Union, which

tirg

GOOD NIGHTCAP.

The nightcap between Madcaps and Jagus will also be worth watching, as Buster Hollands outfit, wito

are out

of the playoffs, are determined to maite one dast effort to topple the Jaguars as

glorious finale

A

to their season's activities.

The Braves, who are drawn to Is also the biggest 11 meets in meet the Canadians in the Afarch, when county representa Playoffs, also tives will be able for the first schedule this week when they complete their time to air the views of those tangle with the Overseas in a they represent, This meeting will have to decide whether the warmup for the real thing scheme, and club secretaries, should be

put out

With the season drawing to a close, it was decided by the Association, that plans for

the

ection of a permanent stadium be shelved for the time being. The prohibitive cost of material has been a deciding factor.

Ramsgate, Margate and Broadstairs cricketers are preparing for the coming season by spending much of their time on the dance floor of Ramsgate's West Cuff Hall and Theatre. In the Hall, Thanet District Cricket Association are running an indoor school with practice matches on matting and protective nets.

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Peter Wilson's BOXING ACADEMY

13

"An amateur who has been knocked down and is probably feeling sick aind dizzy should be given the assistance of knowing the state of the count without having to act as a kind of self ready-réckoner.”

Easy Money Tempts Amateurs

Boxing is divided into two entirely different categories--amateur and profes- alonal and, by cracky, never the twain. shall meet.

It's enough, or too much, for, an amateur lo announce that he intends to turn pro, in the future the Amateur Boxing Association will fix his boxing future for him right away.

Amateurs and professionals don't appear in the same shows, Amateurs are discouraged from training in gymnasiums which professionals use. Professional managers are even more rigorously dissuaded from approaching amatour boxers in their dressing-rooms.

Nevertheless the amateur field remains the most fruitful for the recruitment of new pro- fessional talent-there are something like 100,- 000 amateur boxers, including juniors,

FOUR EX-KINGS

Among

champions amateur

EQUIPMENT of a fighter during training..

Danny O'Sullivan weare 160% gloves, protective helmet with pads; and leathär bell

foreign countries and in the that boxers must defend them- Olympic Games, which are selves at all times, tho

professional really

the world's amateur wito

once championships. "Kings" are heavy-

We

weight Jack Gardner, the dynamic middleweight Ran- dolph Turpin, Eddie Thomas, the Empire welterweight champion, and Danny O'Sul-

weight

Photo shows schoolboy Michael Joyce keeping straight bat under the eye of Ernie Webster, (ex Lancs.ven the immaculate bantam- County cricketer and coach to Whitgift School, Ramsgate) at the ballroom cricket school.

Cricket Has A Go To Stop The Test Rot

By IVAN SHARPE

way.

School- A great national effort to revitalise English cricket is under teachers, youth organisations, physical recreation folk, welfare workers, town coun cillors, cricket associations, male and female... they are all having a go.

And, with the shortage of professional boxing talent, the swing away from boxing only for sporte bowards battling for cash is likely to be intensified.

What are the main differ ences in the rules governing the two categories? First of all there's the length of contestu.

on

Once a man has been caught, the break with a "anesk"

punch,

he's naturally vory cautious about disengaging sulquently

have and you protracted breakaways which merely tengthen the clinches.

VESTS ON

There's little difference the equipment used by anatours Now for two main differ- except that they use Boz, gloves ences in amateur and profes- instead of 6oz. ones, that band- sional rules. One concerns the agos Aro allowed only In count and the other the "break" exceptional circumstances,

the time when a referee has that all amateur boxers must ordered the two boxery to wear a væst or singlet. come out of a clinch,

shouto

tho

Points are awarded in

way in both codes--for

the part of the closed glove on the

to target area - ang fouls are the

sr.me.

I have the greatest admira-

No amateur ever boxes more . In professional boxing the same than 12. minutes. And the referee picks up the count as clean punches, with the knuckle championship distance is three quickly as possible from thres-minute rounds. (Profes-timekeeper, and sional championships are of 15 the fallen man. three-minute rounds)

British amateur boxing uses the Instead of having only a re-

"silent_count" whereby a tion for amateur boxers, They

canvas has La ferce, as in professional fight man on the

are very clean and very true ink, the amateurs have ajudge how many of the

pre..

sportsmen. But if I were going refore who. operates from clous ten seconds have elapsed to tuna professional should

ring in British since he went down and how not stay amateur too long. outside the

threa Judges, long ho dare stay recuperating. boxing - and

inclined Many amateurs are of course, on "he safe side of the ropes."

Considering the fact that an io got too stereotyped, and 10 referee concerns himself amateur who has been knocked the older they get the moro

contrailing

the contest, and

down is probably, feeling sick difficult they will and it to with

the

dizzy, it's always seemed "pace" the longer professional while the judges compute

to me that he should be given bouts once they have got in- In amateur boxing the scistance of knowing the doctrinated with 'pointe.

the "sprint boxer who wing a round set state of the of these

without pace'' of amateur contests.

Cricket is out to stop the rot, The youngsters do not practise as in days gone by. The rush to the nets is negligible compared with the time when I was sweet seventeen.,

or

youngsters by showing them

Rival entertainments and bad game, and now comes this nn-heart and soul of every, weather are one reason, but tional campaign.

nearly every, English school first-class cricket must shoulder

cam Here, in the sorry story of boy. This great revival its share of the blame for turn- England's post-war Test record,paign aims at retaining the en- ing the game into pleasure for is one good, compelling reason thusiasm of more batsmen and penal servitude for it: for bowlers.

W L D how to play, how to avoid the Opponents The slump is serious. There South Afrien

1 0 2 that often cause them to quit are plenty of readers, but too Indin

So fow playerS.

MCC New Zealand the

005 for faster-moving and bandier 1 6 2 pastimes. have examined the roots of the West Indies

Australia

I 11 3

When

The Sports Roundabout

By W. Capel Kirby

leading

́s 150,

20 (instead of the maximum of

AS

count,

five among the professionals) having to act as a kind of self

NEW WEIGHTS 505 dragery, 'and disappointment and the loser proportionately ready-reckoner.

less, Fractions of points are

On the other hand

In this year's ABA the not used.

amateur rule

the Plonships governing cach judge must name a break is a great improvement, weighin there ho scores of winner-there's no such thing in my opinion, over the pro- which 8 16 17 these coaching classes in each draw in amateur boxing fessional one. It reads:

with three judges you're bound revival wil

be to

get a majority vordist— are active. really on the way. Thorough-although not necessarily Notts have a nose in front, ness is the thing.

-correct ante. Lancashire and Yorkshire

The South

Total

All the counties

tive in the south.

county, then

Africans

are

(any

• Additional weights."

-{London Express · Service)

cham- there will be ten instead of the eight the profes- comprise gional divisions. They are:---

Flyweight-3st (pro, Bat); "When a referee orders the bantam Sat 7b (pro 8st db); two competitors to break, both feather-Dot (pro 9st); light bozers muit step back one 9st 7 (pro Pot_01b); "light"

before recommencing to pace

weller 10st an weller-10st; But has always seemed to bor. A bozer shall not attempt (pro 10st 7b); light - middle both moving in a big way. Es bringing two genuine fast bow me that this is a better system to strike sex and others are equally acers (McCarthy ang Melle) and than putting the whole burden break, 4 competitor breaking (pro

his opponent on the 11st 21b; middle11st 11b. four spinners (A. Rowan, of handling a

list (b); lightheavy-*** contest and this rule shall be able to dis- 128 101b (pro 12st 7ib): heavy Mann, Van Ryneveld, and Man-judging a dose bout on NATION-WIDE

sell) as part of a well-equipped man.

one qualification."

-| --struo as professional young side, so they may well

In professional boxing al weight) British authority on swimming, are the prime need, the

Winifred Gibson,

Believing that the youngsters win their first Test in England I wiaty, however,

MCC

that though "both men have to stop quotes Gertrude Ederle as one of are staging courses at

Lord's since the war.

amateur referees worked inside clinching when the referen the ring as they do in many says "broad' there is a rule: many who have literally swum which a basis for coaching ors are worried- their way back to health in "The throughout the country will be sers, this is not one man's opinion, Right Way to Swim" (Right Way drawn up. This will be issued their misery but the general opinion or whether it has "passed the

of Books, 05.).

cach of the county clubs and fans-for mastermind To return" point of no

should and

to introduce Italy's decision they, in turn, will call meetings Having "trudged" many a therefore press on regardless.

Figueiredo has suddenly foundnautical mile alongside "Trudie" to organise scores

and hun-compulsory sports examinations Apart from an elaborateness himself short of reserves in the during her Channel swim train-dreds of local efforts.

into all schools corresponds foreign to the enjoyment of golf battery combination.

Ing al Gris Nez, I always

with the feeling that physical is in When the effort Chapple Remedios is now his marvelled she could do it after only hurler. with no one in sight spending 11 months in a plaster swing, England will be honey training might be thrust on our groups and "net" nights, we Last year, if you remember, which the youngster can learn Lancashire started PT. exer- to take the short cuts to suc-cises for the players. This was

pot the CUSS.

I4350T why they It will not be haphazard in-shared the championship, but not expect to be governed in this only have Red Pereira to fall Duncan's Leicester hostelry the struction. The routine will be it helpod, as there was excel- way. We expoot to be asked first, And if 05 out of 100 of us said It is understood that Junior Bill McLean, CK-Lekester City laid down from Lord's and the lent fielding yet fewer

as an amuamment, I hrink the scheme's falling psychological.

has

been largely

The Warriors

Charlie

ما

full

KEEPING FIT

We may receive) to take over the chores in case cast following a tumble down af combed with local instructional / County cricket clubs.

Government regulations with in dignation, derision er contempt,

of a breakdown,

and evade them where we end, handled by but on the whole we conform.

When it comes to games, we do may leave port any minute, will

the flight of stairs. while catching department, now

LOOKING AHEAD Sabu Samy, who

Dropping In

ot Johnny

other morning I was hailed by

back on.

and

of

we Remedios, now guarding the physio-therapist, we did not like something. Wshort-stop alley, may be roped ; subjecta tha breezy Scot started show the why

reason for

be

+

pulled

all coaches from the countles will muscles.

40 the local should reckon that

The point is this. There is e ipso facto,

and our in for harness disty, but that will talking oricket.

tutors, amateur

prades lack of athletic condition in s "Government" not to shove It be at the expense of a a cracker-

sional, who will be certified as

good

⚫meny county. cricket down our throats however good Jack windy-alley guardian. Bill's fade beamed when I | efficient.

teams. Watch the first-class for us it might have been.

Fans who will turn up at casually brought Dudley Nourso's

Thus, Brian Sellers, of York-cricketers bene, out to play The Royal and Ancient, after King's Park tomorrow afternoon name into

conversation. all, ask us firetat if, as with when the Tribe tackle the Over- "What's the joke?" I asked, "No shire, and T. N. Pearce, of Some of them are little like ex

Some of the the unplayable bal, we give the seas may see several positional Joke at all. Just thinking Mr Essex, have been to Nottingham pert athletes. wrong answer, it is our fault, not changes as Figueiredo attempts Hourse may invite me to act to pass out coaches to super- stary run badly-stiff-kneed of

land heavy-footed. theirs. If the JAC. bad askeri a reshuffle which will produce as masseur to the South African ve the network in the us first, perhaps we should not desired results.

touring side, as I did for their of the Gunnis and Hartstatis. ** last Test series over here," cx="

all be so touchy about it now,

TRENCHLANAD

JUNIOR LOOP PLAYOFFB

The Junior Loague Playoffs

The most trenchaud the in, as run into the fourth week with

It happens, one who Is at once the Dragons, still undefeated,

the

| plained `Bill, who, has now u private practice in Leicester.

·

HARRY LAKE'S FASSING.

the most responsible voice in meeting the Delawares in the So Harry Lafoe is dood. In hig off, and normally, the most curtain-raiser tomorrow. The day raindrĉto Fullaka,. Laatori," charitable Mr Bernard Darwin. Dragons need only one more Coventry "bari; Bristol, Rovers, Writing in "Country Life," bewin to cinchi thu tufo.

he also prepared sprint

BOYS: *I Lake up my testimony Blackhawks meet the Rexes champions and, was masseur to against such solama goose this afternoon in an attempt to Paavo Nurmi when the "Flying stepping nonsense.

This is the avert explete hullition, as Fin" visited ¡Britain,: kind of absurdity that one would this team which was considered have expected from the Nazis, the favourite for the pennant basislav Bootball owes its who were not noticeable for a not yet won a single game.

prosent high statue to his pioneer sense of humour.... One might

This column reported long Work, yet we lonen of his pass- have hoped that here we had not

Ing through an FA Benevolent before learnt to be wholly serious even that with the absence

the playoff series starto Furl report showing a grant of

the £20 against his about our golfny klub which

Guterres brothers the team

Mame refiison to bow, the knee to Bhal will have my

of a SOCCER'S MI CHIPS sympathy are

wholehearted chance

would not stand much those who

have

Beated at this bit of a hand-/ "Mr Chips at Saltard,“...threw D

clearly.

Last week Blaney Bowkeit, He also records, ¡us X doi

we are now able to see the have heard a hundred grumbles, writing on the wall quite dinner party: (for old boy goste, but never word fat powibo m

With the announcement that baller who into under »bám Perhaps we are both wrong the Clovers have

wildrawn from Nobody knows for certain what the Ladies Junior League series, Well

during

mistership at Web Llyerpool" "Street School, the club golfer thinks, because the Management Committee have where Tommy MoNuk and nurodytas asked him, he doelded, to redraw the knockout many another achtte Waited fore to so now, and shak curvy wohodule. This now leaves nye player rde

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NO DRUDGERY There is a time when a love or liking for cricket enters, the

This isn't Drst-class, even in the amateur, and It certainly should be remedied by the man who is caring his living at the game.

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20th Second Halt Semi-Final. 21st FINAL

Wednesday

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